- Best Actress A Quiet Place: Day One 2025
- Best supporting actress Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2016
Biography
💥Lupita Amondi Nyong'o. Born in 1983 in Mexico City, Mexico. She grew up in a family with 5 brothers and sisters. Her father worked as a politician, and her mother was a producer. She studied at the Yale School of Drama. She works as an actress and producer. She prefers to keep her personal life secret.
🏆Main awards🏆: Oscar (2014) [12 Years a Slave], BAFTA (2014) [12 Years a Slave], Screen Actors Guild Awards (2014) [12 Years a Slave], Tony (2024) [Suffs]
🎬Main projects🎬: "12 Years a Slave" (2013), "A Quiet Place: Day One" (2024), "The Jungle Book" (2016), "Black Panther" (2018), "Us" (2019)
⭐Interesting fact⭐: Lupita deliberately refused roles that reinforced stereotypes and became one of the first actresses to openly influence standards of representation and skin color in modern Hollywood
Filmography
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2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Maz Kanata
2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Maz Kanata
2024
A Quiet Place: Day One
Samira
No films in this section.
Awards & recognition
3 nominations · 2 Award ceremony
- Award Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2016
Interesting facts
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Lupita's parents are from Kenya.
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Lupita Amondi Nyong'o's parents are from Kenya.
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Although one of the most common pronunciations of the actress's surname worldwide is "En-knee-on-go," the correct pronunciation is "En-yon-go."
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Full name: Lupita Amondi Nyong'o.
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Lupita's father, Peter Anyang Nyong'o, is a prominent Kenyan politician, senator for Kisumu County in western Kenya, who previously served as Minister of Planning and National Development.